The latest volume of the book series Progress in Brain Research is entitled "Optogenetics: Tools for Controlling and Monitoring Neuronal Activity", gathering 12 chapters of about 20 pages each. The volume is edited by Thomas Knöpfel and Edward S. Boyden and chooses to embed monitoring and controlling strategies into a unique, comprehensive concept of optogenetics, as explicited in the introductory chapter. http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/bookseries/00796123

The crystal structure of channelrhodopsin finally revealed in last issue of Nature. See the paper added by Kato et al. The should enable exciting future work on optimizing specific activation and conduction properties.

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